Band 5 Staff Nurse | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£36,943 - £44,900 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Barnet, EN5 3DJ
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	9 Jul 2026
Closing date:	8 Aug 2026

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Summary

The post holder will be expected to liaise appropriately with all key members of the multidisciplinary team and service users related to the speciality.

 To be responsible for all aspects of patient care including the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of direct patient care with supervision from senior staff.

 To support the Charge Nurse/Senior Sister to monitor the safety and quality of care for patients.

 In the absence of the Junior Sister/Charge Nurse to be responsible for the day-to-day management of the ward.

 To manage a group of Nursing Assistants and assign delegated tasks and responsibility as appropriate.

 To ensure the compliance of mandatory training and appraisal requirements for delegated Nursing Assistants.

 To ensure a positive focussed service incorporating patients’ feedback to maintain and improve patient care.

 To act as an effective role model promoting excellence through practice.

2. RESPONSIBILITY FOR PATIENTS

2.1 To ensure high standards of care are given to all patients, monitoring this through spot checks and clinical quality indicators outcome measures.

2.2 Contribute to patient and relative feedback by undertaking daily clinical rounds with the aim of providing excellent standards of care.

2.3 To collaborate in the assessment of patient care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of plans of care, ensuring high standards of evidence based care.

2.4 To ensure communication with patients and significant others is established, ensuring empathy and reassurance regarding, assessment, care and treatment.

2.5 Be accountable at all times for ensuring that safeguards are in place for patients, in particular those adults or children at risk.

2.6 To facilitate early discharge planning being carried out to enable appropriate arrangements to be in place for patients leaving hospital or transferring in order to achieve a safe and timely discharge from hospital

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts with over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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This advert closes on Thursday 23 Jul 2026

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